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Having problems with your Dell Dimension 4600C PC Desktop ?

Computer does not boot

\015 I have a Dell 4600c Dimension. I am certain it had a virus, so I bought a new hard drive, installed it and now it does not boot. Only the Dell screen comes up. It does not recognize my cd/dvd rom. Could that be shot? The light does come on, but nothing more than a couple of clicks when I throw a cd in there.\015

Answers :

O.k. so I gather your trying to reinstall windows. There's a few possible solutions the first of which is to reseat all connections checking for dust or anything else which might be between the connections. Second is to check your bios (by hitting usually f1,f2,f10,f11, or delete or esc keys) and making sure its set to boot from your cd\\dvd rom. Also make sure your cd\\dvd isn't scratched or dirty. If those fail try another CD\\DVD rom drive to make sure it is the drive that has the issue. Don't be so quick to trash good hardware ;) good luck

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